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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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